September 22, 2008 EPA DELAYS EXPERIMENTS EXPOSING CHILDREN TO CHEMICALS — Studies Modeled on Infamous CHEERS Underline Enduring Ethical Uncertainties
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November 15, 2007 HUMAN EXPERIMENT ETHICS REMAIN UNSETTLED AT EPA — Controversy Surrounding EPA Pesticide Experiments on Infants Lingers
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June 23, 2006 EPA FORGOT TO SHIELD NURSING MOTHERS IN PESTICIDE EXPERIMENTS — Rule Amendment to Correct Oversight Underlines Flaws in Human Testing Plan
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May 30, 2006 PESTICIDE INDUSTRY PLOTTED BUSH HUMAN TESTING POLICY — Meeting with OMB Staff Laid Out Exemptions for Experiments on Children
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February 28, 2006 EPA OKAYS CHEMICAL TESTING ON FETAL TISSUE — Mysterious Language Change Buried within Final Human Subject Testing Rule
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December 12, 2005 EPA TO EXPAND USE OF HUMAN CHEMICAL EXPERIMENTS — Public Comment Period Closes Today on EPA Plan
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August 11, 2005 EPA PROPOSES ONLY HALF-STEPS ON HUMAN CHEMICAL TESTING — Proposed Rule Riddled With Loopholes; Would Not Bar Infamous “CHEERS” Study
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June 16, 2005 EPA ENCOURAGING PESTICIDE COMPANIES TO CONDUCT HUMAN STUDIES — Proposed New Rules Lack Any Ethical Protections for Study Subjects
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May 9, 2005 EPA ON THRESHOLD OF BRAVE NEW WORLD OF HUMAN TESTING — EPA Invites Industry to Mimic Practices of Discontinued CHEERS Study
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April 8, 2005 EPA GRUDGINGLY PULLS PLUG ON QUESTIONABLE “CHEERS” STUDY — Other Human Pesticide Dosing Studies Without Safeguards Can Continue
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February 7, 2005 EPA EMBRACES HUMAN PESTICIDE DOSING WITHOUT SAFEGUARDS — Ethical Rules “Non-Binding”— No Standards to Protect Infants and Fetuses
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November 30, 2004 EPA SET TO ACCEPT HUMAN PESTICIDE DOSING STUDIES — "Senior Agency Officials" to Decide Ethical Concerns on "Case-By-Case Basis"
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November 9, 2004 EPA STALLS INFANT PESTICIDE DOSING STUDY — Cites Negative News Coverage As Need for Further Review
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November 1, 2004 EPA PAYS FAMILIES TO EXPOSE THEIR INFANTS TO PESTICIDES — Joint Study With Chemical Industry to Measure Exposure in the Home
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